Marley's Menage by Jan Springer Page B

looking forward to
meeting Marley’s baby. Her friends had already volunteered to
babysit.
    In the adjoining waiting room, she made
a follow up appointment with the receptionist, and left. First
thing on her agenda was to grab a bite to eat and then she’d pop
over to the Key Club and ask Jaxie a little bit more about her
ménage night for pregnant ladies.
     
    * * * * *
     
    “ Hey, girlfriend. Long time
no see,” Jaxie called out to Marley as she entered the dimly lit
interior of The Key Club. She’d had a solo lunch of salad, a
grilled cheese sandwich laced with tons of pickles at the local
restaurant, and after thinking it over she decided to get more
information about the ménage night her sister had
mentioned.
    Even during down time, the Key Club
looked gorgeous. Glitter gold tinsel hung from the overhead lamp
fixtures and gold-colored linen cloths were on the tables all ready
for Jaxie’ Gold themed evening tonight. The tablecloths were clean
and pressed and each table had fresh daisies tucked in small gold
vases. Jaxie was proud of her club and she lived and breathed in
this place. Rumor had it she was a discreet matchmaker too. Well,
Jaxie could keep her matchmaking skills to herself because Marley
wanted nothing to do with relationships. They were too darned
complicated.
    “ Hey, Jax!” Marley called
back and waved to the red-haired woman.
    She skirted around the arrangement of
tables, careful not to bump her big belly against the chairs. She
made her way to the back of the room where Jaxie stood behind a bar
counter drying a tall gold-rimmed beer glass.
    As Marley drew closer, Jaxie’s gaze
lowered to Marley’s belly. Her eyes widened with surprise and she
gave a low whistle.
    “ I can see you’ve been busy.
No wonder you haven’t been here in awhile.”
    Marley swept her hand protectively over
her baby bulge.
    “ Jaxie, meet Angela Marie.
She’s due in about four and a half months.”
    “ Don’t tell me. You finally
re-hooked with Rick and Kacey and one of them got you
pregnant.”
    At the mention of her old boyfriends,
Marley tensed. As far as she knew, her ex-lovers were still off
enjoying their adventures overseas in the Canadian Special Ops. So
Jaxie was just teasing in a bad taste way.
    “ Those men are history.
Totally out of the picture forever. I haven’t seen them in years.”
Even as she stated it, a slice of sadness pierced her heart. Maybe
she should have been a bit more patient with them. Maybe they would
have eventually come around to her way of thinking. However, even
as she thought about it, she knew it had been more than just talk
about her wanting kids and a stable life that had broken the
relationship all those years ago.
    Jaxie nodded and her eyes lit with
understanding.
    “ Sorry I shouldn’t have said
that. So you went ahead and did it, did you? Artificial
insemination? Or a one night stand?” Jaxie asked as she placed the
beer glass into a tub already full of glasses and came around from
behind the bar. She was biting her bottom lip thoughtfully as she
continued to stare at Marley’s baby bump.
    “ I told you months ago I was
thinking about AI. Didn’t you think I was serious?” Marley asked
when Jaxie remained quiet.
    Jaxie lifted her gaze and shook her
head. “No, not really.”
    “ You look
disappointed.”
    “ Well, I’m kind of an old
fashioned girl myself. I think babies should have at least two
hands-on parents, sometimes more parents depending on the
situation. But hey, you’re a grown woman so you know what you’re
doing. What brings you here, or do I need to ask?” Jaxie nodded
toward a nearby wall and Marley followed her gaze.
    There was a tastefully done poster of a
very pregnant blonde woman dressed in a black bra, her baby bump
bared for all to see. Standing beside her were two sexy hunks with
towels draped over their shoulders. They each held erotic shaped
soaps in one hand and their other hand was lovingly placed upon the
woman’s big belly.